Posted on 04/20/2016 5:33:14 AM PDT by george76
U.S. satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp reported quarterly revenue below analysts' estimates as it lost more subscribers than expected in its core pay-TV business.
The company lost 23,000 net pay-TV subscribers in the quarter, more than the analysts' average estimate of a loss of 13,100 customers..
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Dish, which is grappling with subscriber losses like other pay-TV providers, has been increasing rates
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We started saving over $80/month by ditching our cable tv and just going with Internet + Netflix and local antennae channels. That’s $960/year to be spared the convenience of live Cable TV. After the first few months, we stopped missing seeing tv episodes when they are first released. We now prefer waiting for the whole season on Netflix where we can binge watch it over a weekend or week with no commercials. Even if we had to see it earlier, there are “options” on the interwebs.
Did Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen force his employees to make political contributions to Democratic candidates?
That’s the allegation from Cause of Action, a conservative non-profit group which has filed a complaint against Dish and Ergen with the Federal Election Commission.
The Washington Times reports that Cause of Action charges that Ergen threatened to fire employees if they didn’t contribute to certain Democratic candidates.
http://www.tvpredictions.com/ergen122112.htm
That’s what I thought.
but wife likes watching reality shows.”
Just take her to any major city and let her sit on any corner and watch what’s going on around her. It’s free and reality.
Need to respond to wetgundog. Your response is hilarious though!
I am scheduled to do just that today...
Dumping Comcast cable TV, too.
Did you know that at Comcast, "bundling" with most basic SD cable TV allows us to pay $20 less than for internet only?
Works for me!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
And Al Bore is still laughing all the way to the bank.
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